Timo

A nice little story, but I couldn't get anything out of it. It's a bit too nihilistic for my taste.

Got this in my recommendations. After flying through the reviews, I saw that I must be the only male ever considering reading that book. I did it anyway and wasn't disappointed. Only a few things damped it:

-A few scenes I just could't relate to as a male. (Like reading for the 3rd time how cute Henry is looking and so on)

-I thought the thing Taylor did those 5 summers ago was something so horrible, but wasn't really that much of a big deal in the end. (I mean the amount it gets hinted at, I even thought of bloody murder)

If you look past these minor things and considering that it must be pretty accurate for a female main protagonist, you get a powerful story about family and friends and what matters most in life.

All the characters were full of personality and charm, and I must admit that I maybe got some wet eyes at the end.

3 Stars are “liked it”. So yeah, even that I guess that I wasn't the main target audience...I liked it!

I had high hopes for this book at the beginning. It started out interesting enough, and I hoped that it would be some clever play with dialogue. I hoped that the main protagonist would use the situation he created, to change the perspective and view of things of the people he kidnapped.

But all my hopes got flushed down really fast. The main protagonist turned out to be a self absorbed maniac, trapped in his own private circle jerk. Literally none of his actions made any kind of sense. I understand that he has some serious mental issues, but even with that in mind I couldn't find one part of his thinking that I could reason with.

I just felt bored the whole way through and only finished it because it's short enough. Still a waste of time.

Holy Jebediah! I love King. Every time I go back to him I'm instantly trapped inside the story. Finished this in 2 days. An awesome story with a perfect mix of point of view and reports. I just wanted to know how this ends and kept going and going.

Carrie is such a strong character right from the opening scene. I felt pity and happiness for her.

Great book!

Poorly written thriller in the „The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window“ subgenre, about a woman on the run after she kills her husband.

It's full of clichés, boring characters and uninteresting twists. It's a quick read, but I still forced myself to finish the last 40%. But not without a lot of eye rolling.